Not really. Racism, iirc, is defined as discrimination and/or antagonism against a race/races, so I don’t think demographic grouping counts.
Racism is defining something. Or assuming something. Or judging something. Based on race. It doesn’t even have to be a negative.
So, to even acknowledge that someone is of another race is racist? I hate to be the guy that pulls out the dictionary, but that is not what racism is.
Yes. And more Wikipedia words:
“Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity. Today, the use of the term “racism” does not easily fall under a single definition.”
But I was pointing out “WHY” we’re interested in finding out how 1 race is voting in one way instead of another. I was giving a soft nudge to the idea that the very fact we’re interested in “them” and “us” and “those other guys” is because there’s a basic categorizing going on. There’s a basic thing that is still at work in the background.
If there wasn’t any racism at all? We wouldn’t care less what one group of people was voting on based on the color of their skin. It just wouldn’t be relevant.
Not ever.